<p>Emilia was only 22cm long and weighed 229 grams when she was born&nbsp;in&nbsp;Witten, near Dortmund,&nbsp;Germany,&nbsp;last November.</p>

<p>She was so small that her tiny feet were only 3cm long.</p>

<p>She has been called a &quot;small fighter&quot; and a &#39;miracle&#39; by her doctors&nbsp;after being&nbsp;described as the lightest premature baby ever born in the world.</p>

<p>&quot;We know that children rarely survive even with a birth weight of 400 grams,&quot; says Bahman Gharavi, Acting Head of the Department of Paediatrics at the Marien Hospital, Witten where Emilia was delivered by emergency cesarean.</p>

<blockquote>
<p>&quot;There are sometimes miracles that we cannot comprehend.&nbsp;This is how we feel about Emilia,&quot; he told <a href="http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/nachrichten/vermischtes/aktuelles_berichte/Mit-229-Gramm-geboren-Emilia-ist-das-leichteste-Fruehchen-der-Welt;art29854,3106742" target="_blank">Ruhr Nachrichten.</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Following several operations,&nbsp;the first at only 20 days old,&nbsp;&nbsp;excellent medical care between all the departments and a lot of body contact with her Mum, Emilia is the now the weight and size of a mature newborn child.</p>

<p>Fortunately, there are no signs of any serious disabilities and, nine months after her birth, her parents&nbsp;Lukas and Sabine Grabarczyk can take her home.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Emilia Grabarczyk defied all expectations to survive after being born in Witten, Germany, nine months ago. She now&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/R5sl88lPHi">https://t.co/R5sl88lPHi</a></p>
&mdash; World Health News (@WorldHealthNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldHealthNews/status/773921633962569728">September 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>